The former site of the St Albans Bowling Club, in Christchurch's dress circle suburb of Merivale, has sold for $10 million dollars.
The 5107sq m land at 5 Donald Place, just off St Albans St, has been bought by a Canterbury development company for residential housing.
Elmwood Park Bowling Club president Peter Smith said it "marks the end of an era".
"It will be a sad day for the St Albans members of which there are not many left, said Smith, but it is progress,"
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